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BTW... what cars do you have decals for that you plan on building???

Im addicted to the Thunderbolt. I recently sent an email to that person you got your decals from... (Jack Smith). Just waiting for a reply. I’m currently working on the Bonner car, The Fugitive, and the M/T car... which took some cutting up, in order to fit the Hemi heads in the bay. I got a lot of info from your thread “ Thunderbolt Colors” btw.... thanks...

Bill, I really enjoy looking at all of your thunderbolt builds. Your attention to detail is impeccable. I currently have nine completed and have two more on the bench. This kit is by far, my favorite kit to build.

Superb build. Nothing like a big car that is that fast.

Plastistruct has hex shaped rod in various sizes. A mitre box for cutting small diameter tubing helps, but it can be done carefully with a #11 blade.

Yes it is. I also have an SFI decal on the bell housing of the TH400. Slixx decals is where I got it. They have goody sheets that have many racecar decals, from nostalgia, to modern styles. NHRA, chassis cert, chutes, blowers, NOS. Check out their website.

Thanks for the positive replies everyone.

Finally finished the Impala. Now to move on to one of the eight other cars on the bench.

You helped a lot, especially suggesting the Klass page. I appreciate it. You know more about these old race cars than I do. I can look at them all day. I must have spent an hour looking at the pics on the Klass site. The Bob Plumer Collections has a lot of cars too, but I couldn’t believe all those pics on the Klass page.

This is how I want mine to turn out. Looks like a T Bolt front rim, and I’ll use a Speed City 7in treaded slick with a steel rim out back. I have the decals left over from the blue Bob Ford tribute car I built a while ago. I’m using a Starliner chassis, and undecided about putting a MCW lightweight 63 interior in it. BTW... that George Klass site is pretty cool! Thanks for the info.

I found this one. This site has a lot of cool S/S cars also. Looking at this pic, it appears to be red. At least the dash does anyway. Still tough to tell.

Thanks for the info. I was reading that all the 64 lightweights were Wimbledon white with red interiors. Finding pictures of some of these cars can be difficult.

Just a few quick questions to anyone who might remember seeing this car. Was it white, or wimbledon white? Also was the interior red? Bench or buckets? Thanks...

Brush some white paint on an old CD, and press the tire onto the paint, like a rubber stamp.

I’ve used flexi straws painted with Tamiya Rubber Black and have had great results.

You got this. Your Galaxie build has inspired me to do the Brannan car.

This is going to be fun to watch. I would have thought they would have used it to tow the race cars, but it actually was a racer itself. Very cool project, John.

Worked on the Impala today. Got the chute mounted on the bumper. Did some work on the roll bar. I started to play around with solder headers on the kit 396 engine. Wanted to practice before messing with the resin engine, since I’ve never done solder headers before. I have .062, but it looks kind of small for a big block, so I’m going to get some .093 solder, and see how that works. Also scratch built an auto shifter, and a couple of pics of the electric fuel pump, and NOS kit I’ll be using from VCG resin.

Dominator carb, with some square styrene stock for the nitrous plate. Also the home made chute. Nice detail on the valve covers.

Decided to build a chevy since I’ve been on a Ford kick lately. Was going to turbo the car, but decided to go with nitrous. Back halved the car, using a BNL resins BBC, with an auto trans. Got it mocked up except for the headers. Once they are out of the way, time to build a roll cage.

Thanks for the replies everyone. It’s been a few days now but it rained here where I’m at, so I’ll wait for a day without the moisture. I have several cans of the clear, but was always reluctant to use it, without waiting a long time. It does seem a bit weird that the two products by the same company would have a negative action with each other.

I’ve ran out of my Model Master clear, and Testors one coat lacquer clear. I’ve used these with no problems whatsoever over Tamiya lacquer sprays. I have several cans of Tamiya clear I’d like to use up, but I’ve heard that if you don’t clear immediately after you lay down the Tamiya color, you should wait a few weeks due to the curing and gassing out at different rates. On this particular body, I used Tamiya gray primer, then a few coats of Tamiya maroon. Can anyone provide any info on this? This body was sprayed with color two days ago. Thanks.

Thanks John. I really enjoy your Ford builds.

John.. what paint did you use to replicate the Holley carb color? That looks perfect!! Looking fantastic, can’t wait to see more..